The UFO Traffic Report for Wednesday, August 5, 2009, includes 11 selected sightings over 11 states, according to witness statements filed in the past 24 hours with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database.

Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If MUFON investigates and reports back on any of these cases, I will update this page. The following reports and their headlines are unedited. You can read my selected cases by type of UFO report at the UFO Traffic Report index page.

New York, August 3, 2009 - Unknown triangular object flies over my house. MUFON Case # 18455.

A Staten Island, New York, witness out walking his dog first noticed two lights in the sky "moving rather quickly." Once the object was overhead, they "noticed it it was actually 3 lights in a triangular shape with a blinking red light dead in the center. I could not see the outline of the object, but it was blocking out the stars above it." They said that this silent object was larger than a plane. They also report "a 4th light in between the 2 lights in the back of the craft. It seemed very odd that a 4th light would just illuminate suddenly."

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Texas, July 28, 2009 - 2 reports- 1 for July 28, 2009: Objects appear in photos of storm clouds; 2nd report: Aug. 2, 2009: Red burst of light in night sky. MUFON Case # 18473.

A Texas witness has two reports. First, on July 28, 2009, while taking photos as a storm was approaching, an odd object showed up on two of the images. Then on August 2, 2009, the same person saw multiple red flashes of light in the sky. The witness states that "the flashes were more like a burst or pulse, which seemed to radiate out from a fixed position in the sky."

New Hampshire, August 3, 2009 - Erratic and jerky-moving non-blinking white light in clear night sky, brighter than Venus, observed for several hours while stars nearby appeared normal. MUFON Case # 18475.

A Rochester, New Hampshire, resident reports several sightings. First, on July 28, 2009, the witness observed "an unusual light in the eastern sky while standing on Hampton Beach. It was an erratic and jerky-moving non-blinking white light in the clear night sky, brighter than Venus." A police officer from Hampton Beach also witnesses the event. Then on August 3, 2009, the witness observed a similar light in Dover, New Hampshire, but continued to watch the object from his home in Rochester.

Colorado, July 22, 2009 - I saw it shimmering in the sunset. MUFON Case # 18474.

A Colorado witness out dog walking at sunset noticed "a disc shaped object in the sky floating around." After watching it move around the sky, it then "went almost straight up and was gone."

California, August 3, 2009 - Triangle composed of individual orbs rotating around a central orb (3 orbs total). MUFON Case # 18471.

Two California witnesses out driving said a light in the sky caught their eye. Then they noticed it was a series of orbs moving in a triangular fashion around a central orb. "This thing was MASSIVE. It took up a chunk of the horizon, and there is no way that someone could have missed this. I can't really estimate the size, but it looked like it could have been 1000 ft. on each side." The witness stated that "the orbs just kind of 'turned off' as if a candle was blown out in a room."

Arkansas, July 31, 2009 - UFO. MUFON Case # 18470.

An Arkansas witness noticed a light in the sky while at a stop light. "The object was bright at first, like a star, but the lights faded and I could see what appeared to be a dark, triangular object that appeared to hover or rotate in place." Then after just 2 or 3 seconds, the object "shot off into the distance - faster than a shooting star." The witness is hoping there were more more witnesses.

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Missouri, August 1, 2009 - saw multiple red lights rising steadily one after another, up and off to our left. approximately 7 different lights all the same. MUFON Case # 18463.

Three Missouri witnesses night fishing on Lake of the Ozarks on the Grand Glaize Arm first "noticed a red soda can shaped deep red light slowly moving across the sky at a low altitude." As they moved their boat into an arm of the lake, "we see another rising in the sky and starting to move off in the same direction as the one we saw on the other side of the arm." Then a few seconds later they report, "we saw one rise from over the trees to our right (like a balloon being released)and steadily move more away from us and to the right where the first couple seemed to just move straight to our right. At this point we were confused because they seem to be rising from the trees from pretty close by." They noticed that the lights were disappearing "after about 15 to 20 seconds and seemed to be covering a bit of ground quickly." The estimate having seen 7 or 8 of these objects. They guessed that the objects were "some extremely bright, big, deep red balloons but seemed to be moving far to quickly for the wind to be blowing them not to mention there was almost no breeze and what breeze there was was hitting us directly in the face....not out to our right and away from us." The witness says the lights were caught on camera in the center of the image, and that the lights in the lower right corner were from a home that appeared to be having a party and that the lights were moving directly over them.

Indiana, July 3, 2009 - round lighted object, not aircraft. MUFON Case # 18461.

This Indiana witness and his daughter were driving near Deputy, Indiana, when they a "round, glowing object" that was hovering in the sky. A few seconds later, the object "ascended into the overcast and was not seen again." The witness points out that the town of "Deputy is near a former military proving ground (Jefferson), now used for urban warfare training."

Florida, August 3, 2009 - shiny metallic disc floating above the tree line near USF. MUFON Case # 18459.

A Florida witness driving along Fletcher Avenue near the University of South Florida saw "a very shiny metallic disc with a slightly conical shape above the tree line."

Illinois, July 31, 2009 - was outside when a ball of light showed up then turned triangle. MUFON Case # 18456.

Two Illinois witnesses watched a "bright ball of light appear and disappear." Then when it reappeared, "it had turned from ball of light to triangle with lots of flashing lights." They took video, but could not upload it to the MUFON web site.

Ohio, August 2, 2009 - 16 bright glowing orange/red objects flying 3 at a time in a "V" formation that disappeared into sky. MUFON Case # 18451.

Two Ohio witnesses saw three "very-bright orange glowing object in the sky, flying in a "V" formation, heading West South West." They said the object then seemed to "dissipate into the night air." Then five minutes later, another group of three lights appeared and headed in the same direction as the original three. They stopped at a Steak-n-Shake to eat, and now outside with the restaurant crew and customers, "5 of these things, flying in the same direction and disappearing at the same point as the ones before them" came across the sky. The witness states that "16 of these aircraft" were observed.